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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued five Withhold Release Orders (WRO) today on products from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The products subject to the WROs are produced with state-sponsored forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, where the Chinese government…
Read More DHS Cracks Down on Goods Produced by China’s State-Sponsored Forced Labor
Jacksonville, FL – Yang Yang (34, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to conspiring to submit false export information through the federal government’s Automated Export System and to fraudulently export to China maritime raiding craft and engines in violation of United States (U.S.) law, and also to…
Read More Florida Woman Pleads Guilty, Attempting To Illegally Export To China
TOPEKA, KANSAS- A resident of Topeka, Kansas, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas on federal child pornography charges, Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced today. The…
Read More Former Kansas School Teacher Indicted on Federal Charges, Soliciting Children
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of a 16-count indictment charging Steven Chun (57, Sarasota) and Daniel Tondre (50, Tampa) with conspiring to pay and receiving kickbacks in connection with prescribing a fentanyl spray. Chun is also charged with…
Read More Sarasota Doctor and Tampa Sales Rep Charged in Healthcare Fraud
Fort Myers, FL – A federal jury has found Edgar Vazquez (35, Fort Myers) guilty of possessing with the intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine. Vazquez faces a minimum mandatory term of 5 years, and up to 40 years, in federal prison.…
Read More BREAKING NEWS: Florida Drug Trafficker Convicted By Federal Jury
CANTON, OHIO – The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cleveland Field Office, Canton Resident Agency, along with the City of Canton Police Department in Ohio, are seeking the public’s assistance in locating the individual(s) responsible for the homicide of Ace Lucas on July 22, 2020. Lucas,…
Read More BREAKING NEWS: 1-Year-Old Shot and Killed, FBI Offers $25,000 Reward
HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla.- On, Tuesday, 09-15-2020 at 2:45 p.m., several students at Hernando High School advised School Resource Deputy Chris Downey that they observed a student in possession of a firearm on school grounds. The student was identified as Demetrius Roberts Jr. DOB/11-26-2003. The students…
Read More Hernando High Student Arrested for Bringing Firearm onto Campus
PANAMA CITY, Fla. – If you have been to the Gulf of Mexico, you know how calm the water is. In the wake of Hurricane Sally, Panama City Beach looks like a California surf, complete with tourists. Publishers note: While The Free Press will always be…
Read More Hurricane Sally Spitting Up Some Mondo Waves in Panama City FL
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK– United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on September 15, 2020, David A. Hay (age: 40) most recently of Brooklyn, New York, entered a guilty plea to a charge of receiving child pornography. According to…
Read More BREAKING NEWS: Fmr. Wisconsin and New York City Schools Official Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charge
WASHINGTON, D.C.- In August 2019 and August 2020, a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., returned two separate indictments charging five computer hackers, all of whom were residents and nationals of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), with computer intrusions affecting over 100 victim companies…
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